FloaterDaily Brief
Tuesday, February 18, 1997Regular season · 6 games
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6 games, none went to overtime. Biggest comeback: NYK trailed PHX by 10 at halftime and won 95–94.

Final
DEN123
CHI134
Q1 CHI +3; Q2 CHI +12; Q3 CHI +22; Q4 CHI +11
Final
DAL69
LAC87
Q1 LAC +4; Q2 LAC +9; Q3 LAC +7; Q4 LAC +18
Final
PHX94
NYK95
Q1 NYK -8; Q2 NYK -10; Q3 NYK 0; Q4 NYK +1
Final
MIA111
PHI83
Q1 MIA +4; Q2 MIA +7; Q3 MIA +12; Q4 MIA +28
Final
MIN84
SAC95
Q1 SAC +6; Q2 SAC +20; Q3 SAC +13; Q4 SAC +11
Final
SAS105
UTA113
Q1 UTA +1; Q2 UTA +14; Q3 UTA +9; Q4 UTA +8
Bars under each score: who led after each quarter, from the winner's side. winner ahead behind behind in a 10+ point comeback tied
On this day · 1995–96Feb 18, 1996: 7 games. Top scorer: Michael Jordan (CHI @ IND), 44 points.
The lead · PHX @ NYK

Patrick Ewing posts 31 and 13 as New York beats Phoenix

31 points and 13 rebounds in a 95–94 win.

Game flow · NYK margin at each break
Quarter-end scores only (4 points), so swings inside a period don't show. Pink = the rally, from the biggest deficit to the final.
-20-100+10+20TipEnd Q1HalfEnd Q3Final0-8-100+1NYK AHEAD ↑PHX AHEAD ↓
By quarter
Q1Q2Q3Q4T
PHX3027152294
NYK2225252395
Who led
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 23, 26, 24, 18, 18, 17, 23, 31NYK31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
John StarksPoints, last 10 games: 7, 17, 24, 26, 14, 12, 15, 5, 11, 15NYK15 PTS · 3 REB · 3 AST
Wesley PersonPoints, last 10 games: 17, 20, 23, 18, 18, 20, 33, 10, 15, 22PHX22 PTS · 6 REB · 1 AST
Cedric CeballosPoints, last 10 games: 22, 11, 11, 18, 19, 20, 14, 24, 16, 19PHX19 PTS · 3 REB · 2 AST
Second story · SAS @ UTA

Utah never trails at a break against San Antonio

Ahead after one, at the half and after three. Final: 113–105. Karl Malone led Utah with 37 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

The whole night · final margins
NYK over PHX1UTA over SAS8CHI over DEN11SAC over MIN11LAC over DAL18MIA over PHI28Final margin, points. Pink = UTA over SAS.
Fantasy angleRecent form and minutes against each player's season average from games before today.
Heating up
+7.5points, last 5 vs season avg
Points per game
10.3Season avg17.8Last 5

17.8 points a game over his last five games, against 10.3 in 40 earlier games. Today: 28 points in 34 minutes.

Losing minutes
−11.9minutes, last 3 vs season avg
Minutes per game
36.0Season avg24.1Last 3

24.1 minutes a game over his last three games, against 36.0 in 52 earlier games. Today: 27 points in 26 minutes.

Stepped-up role
+23.5minutes, today vs season avg
Minutes per game
7.5Season avg31Today

31 minutes today, against 7.5 a game in 12 earlier games. Line: 6 points, 4 rebounds, 0 assists.

Top performances

Scottie Pippen leads the day with 47

Sparkline: points in his last 10 games, tonight in pink. Black tag: most points in a game this season to date, or in his career when his whole career is in our box scores (after 5+ games). Plus/minus: points tonight against his average before tonight.
Scottie PippenPoints, last 10 games: 24, 22, 32, 7, 21, 22, 5, 13, 22, 47CHI vs DEN · W
19.6 PPG season to date · +28.0 vs his regular-season average before tonight
Season high47 PTS · 5 REB · 4 AST
Karl MalonePoints, last 10 games: 27, 28, 32, 36, 24, 26, 30, 24, 15, 37UTA vs SAS · W
26.5 PPG season to date · +10.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
37 PTS · 7 REB · 8 AST
Dominique WilkinsPoints, last 10 games: 28, 27, 13, 14, 19, 8, 8, 22, 11, 32SAS @ UTA · L
18.7 PPG season to date · +13.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
32 PTS · 12 REB · 3 AST
Patrick EwingPoints, last 10 games: 22, 19, 23, 26, 24, 18, 18, 17, 23, 31NYK vs PHX · W
21.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
31 PTS · 13 REB · 1 AST
Tim HardawayPoints, last 10 games: 21, 15, 11, 20, 23, 22, 31, 18, 15, 29MIA @ PHI · W
19.5 PPG season to date · +9.7 vs his regular-season average before tonight
29 PTS · 1 REB · 6 AST
Tom GugliottaPoints, last 10 games: 25, 17, 22, 27, 35, 17, 16, 19, 23, 28MIN @ SAC · L
22.4 PPG season to date · +5.8 vs his regular-season average before tonight
28 PTS · 18 REB · 5 AST
Hot and cold

Last 10 games against the season so far

Points per game in each player's last 10 games minus his season average through tonight. Regular season, players with 20+ games and 20+ minutes a game.
Hot
Don MacLeanPHI+9.0 20.5 last 10 · 11.5 season
Bryant ReevesVAN+6.8 22.0 last 10 · 15.2 season
Todd DayBOS+6.6 19.9 last 10 · 13.3 season
Eric WilliamsBOS+6.4 20.2 last 10 · 13.8 season
Wesley PersonPHX+6.0 19.6 last 10 · 13.6 season
Cold
George McCloudDAL−5.0 8.7 last 10 · 13.7 season
Avery JohnsonSAS−5.0 5.4 last 10 · 10.4 season
Charles BarkleyHOU−4.4 14.8 last 10 · 19.2 season
Sherman DouglasMIL−3.4 6.2 last 10 · 9.6 season
Shawn KempSEA−3.3 17.7 last 10 · 21.0 season